As much as Michigan opponents have focused attention on stopping Nik Stauskas, Syracuse opponents are placing as much effort into making sure Trevor Cooney does not easily light the lamp from 3-point land.

The amount of attention paid to Cooney has very much affected his shooting percentages. He entered conference play shooting 49.6 percent from the floor and 50 percent from 3-point land. Now those respective percentages are 39 percent and 35 percent.

Here’s a full look at the numbers.

Nonconference schedule

FGM-FGA

3PM-3PA

60-121 (49.6 percent)

43-86 (50 percent)

ACC schedule (through 13 games)

FGM-FGA

3PM-3PA

53-134 (39.6 percent)

34-97 (35 percent)

Overall numbers

FGM-FGA

3PM-3PA

113-255 (44.3 percent)

77-183 (42.1 percent)

Seven of every 10 of Cooney’s shots come from 3-point land, and he’s not a threat to drive to the lane. His 49 free throw attempts are fifth on the team. If teams take away Cooney, they’ve taken away Syracuse’s biggest threat from deep, and then can pack defense in to stop C.J. Fair, Jerami Grant and Rakeem Christmas.

This will be a tough problem for Syracuse to solve when it faces elite NCAA Tournament competition. But the fact the Orange won their first 12 ACC games despite the added attention on Cooney still speaks to how dangerous the Orange are as contenders themselves.